Monthly Archives: October 2008

Sun’s Open Source Pony Tail Strategy

One of the great things about Silicon Valley is hype and the two-edged sword it can be.  This video is fun on a lot of levels–it’s funny to see how all the excitement and buzz around open source can come … Continue reading

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Great Party at Tesla Motors for the Funded

Last week, I got the opportunity to attend a really fun event for entrepreneur CEOs hosted by Adeo Ressi, Founding Member of TheFunded.  Great to network and meet a bunch of entrepreneurs, hear some live music, and the Tesla test … Continue reading

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Case Study: Online Savvy of the Presidential Campaigns

I’m going to write more about this in the coming weeks, but one of the big historic elements to the Obama versus McCain campaigns is the innovation that the Obama folks have used in technology. In 2004, the GOP trounced … Continue reading

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Thinking Big

“Fortune favors the bold.” — Cicero Much is being written, presented, emailed, and blogged about the economic meltdown and the impacts it has on high tech startups and VC-based startup financing in particular. As someone who speaks with a number … Continue reading

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